Weah Surname
Approximately 31,589 people bear this surname
Weah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 30,343 | 1:145 | 11 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| United States | 383 | 1:946,368 | 70,670 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Senegal | 13 | 1:1,121,488 | 3,334 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Weah (1,267) may also be a first name.
Weah Demographics
Average Male Weah Height
175.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Weah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weah (Arabic: ياه) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,523rd most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 230,699 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Weah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Weah is also the 221,694th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 1,267 people.
The surname Weah is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 30,343 people, or 1 in 145. In Liberia Weah is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 36 percent are found, Maryland County, where 22 percent are found and River Gee County, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Liberia it is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Weah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Weah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 6,383 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Weah surname are 40.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Weah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 34.19% less than the national average, earning 227,752 kr per year; in United States they earn 25.64% less than the national average, earning $32,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.57% less than the national average, earning $34,994 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weah in the Arabic language | ||
| ياه | yah | - |
| ويه | wyh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Weah
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